Term 3 Week 9

We celebrated two birthdays in Room 15 this week. Sky and Jacob both turned 8! Jacob's mum and dad brought in some delicious Minion cupcakes to celebrate with us.

Term 3 Week 8

We had a Duffy role model assembly on Wednesday with author, Maria Gill and all received two Duffy books to take home. 
On Thursday we went in a bus to Northland College to get our eyes tested. We were there for a long, long time! Everybody was amazed with how fantastically well-behaved and patient we were. It was worth it because a few of us will be getting our free glasses in about four weeks.
We have been practising counting backwards from any number. Moko shows how it is done, counting back from 47:

Welcome to Room 15

Wow, it has been a busy two weeks moving into our new room. Most of the class have moved from Room 1 but we said goodbye to our 6 Year 2 students and welcomed 6 Year 4 students from Room 4. We also have 1:1 Chromebooks which is hugely exciting!

Our new classroom is very sunny and spacious - a great space for learning. Here is a picture which also shows the stained glass we made with Mrs Miller last week:

On Friday we planted two trees in memory of Michael Makiha. Trinity and Sky baked a beautiful cake. The message says it all....